Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
Preface
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Chapter 1, Introduction To Flying
Chapter 2, Aircraft Structure
Chapter 3, Principles of Flight
Chapter 4, Aerodynamics of Flight
Chapter 5,
Flight Controls
Chapter 6,
Aircraft Systems
Chapter 7,
Flight Instruments
Chapter 8, Flight Manuals and Other Documents
Chapter 9,
Weight and Balance
Chapter 10, Aircraft Performance
Chapter 11, Weather Theory
Chapter 12,
Aviation Weather Services
Chapter 13,
Airport Operation
Chapter 14,
Airspace
Chapter 15, Navigation
Chapter 16, Aeromedical Factors
Chapter 17, Aeronautical Decision Making
Appendix
Glossary
Index |
Type of report .................................................. 12-6, 12-10
U
Ultralight ......................................................... 1-12, 14-10
Uncontrolled airport .....................................................13-2
Uncontrolled airspace ..................................................14-3
Understand the platform ............................................17-29
Unmanned free balloons ............................................14-10
Upper air observations .................................................12-2
Upslope fog ................................................................11-15
Useful load .....................................................................9-5
Use of resources .........................................................17-20
V
V-tail ..............................................................................5-8
V1 ...............................................................................10-28
V2 ...............................................................................10-28
VA ...............................................................................10-18
Variable inlet guide vane (VIGV) ................................6-23
Vehicle roadway markings ..........................................13-5
Vertical card magnetic compass ..................................7-26
Vertical speed indicator (VSI) ...................... 7-1, 7-7, 7-13
Vertical stability ...........................................................4-17
Very high frequency (VHF) omnidirectional radio
range (VOR) .................................................................2-12
Very light jets (VLJs) ...................................................6-20
Vestibular illusions ......................................................16-6
Vestibular system .........................................................16-5
VFE .............................................................................10-18
VFS .............................................................................10-28
Vg diagram ...................................................................4-33
Vinci, Leonardo da .........................................................1-2
Visibility .......................................................... 11-18, 12-7
Vision .........................................................................16-17
Visual approach slope indicator (VASI) ......................13-7
Visual glide slope indicators ........................................13-7
Visual illusions ............................................................16-7
VLE .............................................................................10-17
VLO .............................................................................10-18
VLOF ...........................................................................10-28
VMCA ..........................................................................10-28
VMCG ..........................................................................10-28
VNE .............................................................................10-18
VNO ...........................................................................10-18
Vortex ............................................................................4-8
Vortex generation .......................................................13-16
VOR receiver checkpoint marking ..............................13-5
VR ...............................................................................10-28
VS ...............................................................................10-27
VS0 ..............................................................................10-17
VS1 ..............................................................................10-17 |
VX ...............................................................................10-17
VY ...............................................................................10-17
W
Wake turbulence ................................................ 4-8, 13-15
Warm front .................................................................11-19
Warning areas ..............................................................14-4
Water refraction ...........................................................16-9
Weather .............................................................. 11-1, 12-7
Weather briefings .........................................................12-5
Weather charts ...........................................................12-14
Weather depiction chart .............................................12-16
Weight ............................................ 2-2, 4-2, 4-7, 4-35, 9-1
Weight and balance ......................................................4-35
computations ..............................................................9-6
restrictions ..................................................................9-7
Weight and loading distribution .....................................8-3
Weight control ...............................................................9-1
White arc ........................................................................7-9
Wind ................................................................. 12-6, 12-16
Windscreen anti-ice .....................................................6-38
Winds and temperatures aloft ......................................12-5
Winds and temperature aloft forecast (FD) ...............12-14
Wind direction indicators ...........................................13-10
Wind patterns ...............................................................11-7
Wind shear .................................................................11-11
Wind shifts .................................................................11-22
Wind sock ..................................................................13-10
Winglets .......................................................................3-10
Wings ..................................................................... 2-3, 2-4
Wingtip vortices .............................................................4-8
Workload management ..............................................17-23
Wright, Wilbur and Orville ............................................1-3
WSR-88D NEXRAD radar ..........................................12-2
Y
Yaw ..............................................................................4-11
Yawing .........................................................................4-17
Yaw string ....................................................................7-18
Z
Zero fuel weight ...........................................................9-10
Zulu time ......................................................................12-8 |
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